Avoid Workflows With Too Many Activities

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Impact Area

Manageability

Severity

High for over 50

Affected Element

Workflow

Rule ID #

SN-0139

Impact #

Complex workflows are hard to manage and debug.

Remediation #

Using sub-flows can drastically reduce complexity and allow you to create more modular workflows. Consider dropping below 30 steps.

Rule threshold #

What is this?

Rule threshold is an issue trigger type. The threshold value is a single point or two points at which a corresponding issue is created. The threshold value can be defined as greater than or less or equal than.

Some rules can be customized by editing their threshold conditions, including removing or editing original thresholds, adding new thresholds, as well as adding corresponding severity and time to fix. 

This rule has the following default rule threshold:

Rule threshold #

What is this?

Rule threshold is an issue trigger type. The threshold value is a single point or two points at which a corresponding issue is created. The threshold value can be defined as greater than or less or equal than.

Some rules can be customized by editing their threshold conditions, including removing or editing original thresholds, adding new thresholds, as well as adding corresponding severity and time to fix. 

This rule has the following default rule threshold for the element Number of activities on a workflow:

Greater than Less or equal than Severity Time to fix
50 Null Low 50

Time to fix #

50 min

Updated on March 21, 2025